Railway.



C. A. FARON.

RAILWAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1913.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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RAILWAY.

Application filed January 13, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17. 19ML Serial No. 741,876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLiiuox ALviino FARoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 431 Court street, Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railways, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railways, and more particularly to railway roadways and the elements thereof, and to certain :features to be applied to the rolling stoel: and coperating with the roadway elements; and it has for its general object to provide improvements in railways of the `general character stated whereby the rolling stoel: is stabilized upon the roadway and prevented from leaving the rails thereof.

In practising the invention, I provide a particular formation and construction of parts and features entering into the roadbed equipment, and further provide particular elements or a particular element cooperating therewith and carried by or connected with the rolling stock, all such features coperating to prevent the rolling stock from leaving the rails due to either' late 'al or vertical displacement. or both such lateral and vertical displacement combined. In one embodiment of the invei'ition, these additional and particular features of roadbed organization are attached directly to the rails; and further embodiment of the invention may include the provision of such elements in or upon the roadway and installed independently with respect te the rails.

The invention has for further objects the provision of improvements in ails of the general character stated which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction, combined with positiveness in service. durability and capability of resistance to heavy strains tending to displace the rolling stock, which may be conveniently installed and removed from position of service, and which will be gein erally superior 'in reliability and etliciency.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel and useL ful provision, formation, construction, combination. association and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawingr and linally pointed out in claims. n

In the drawing: Figure l. is a transverse sectional view of a portion of a railway roadbed illi'istrating the invention applied to the same; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a rail clement constituting a leading feature of the invention; Fig. 3 is a similar view of sup porting means for the rail element shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a view of the rail clement and supporting means therefor applied to a portion of a standard traction rail; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same construction as shown in Fig. 4t applied to an auxiliary support. installed in the roadbed and beneath the traction rail; l `ig. (3 is a similar view of the same features shown as applied to a further auxiliary support installed in the roadbcd and laterally of the adjacent traction rail; a nd Fig. 7 is an edge view of one of the wheel elements shown in Fig. l as coperating with the novel rail element shown in said ligure. The showing in Figs. 2 to 7 inclusive is shown on an enlarged scale, the suhiects of such figures being detached views of features of the invention shown in assemblagc or in installation in Fig. l.

eir-rresnondiim' parts in all thc figures are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, A designates the roadbcd proper of a railway, the invention being shown as applied thereto both in connection with the ordinary traction rails B and auxiliary supports C and H which are disposed beneath the plane of the bases of the tactioii -ails B.

D designates the rail element constituting an essential feature of the invention, and E in each instance designates a wheel element which cooperates with such rail element.

F in each instance designates the supporting in mns for the rail element, the saine being directly connected with the traction rails B or with the auxiliary supports C and Il. The supporting means F, in one preferred form, comprises a body plate 8 perforated as at 9 to accommodate bolts for applying the same to the rails or auxiliary supports. lVeb l() projects centrally from the body plate S and is bifurcated to produce a cavity or recess ll within which fits the rail element D. At the outer ends of of bolts or like securing means.

the furcations of the web l0 are formed transverse angular flanges 12 which are arranged in parallelism and spaced apart, each being perforated, as at 14, for the reception The rail clement D comprises an elongated angular body 15, of standard rail length or other suitable dimensions, which is applied to and connected with plurality of the supporting means F, the same comprising a central plane portion 15a from which spring divergent plane portions 15b terminating in oppositely directed flanges 15C, the inner faces of the body portion 15 lveing beveled off where the flanges 15C join the divergent portions 15b as at 15d. The formation of the recess or cavity 11 in each of the holding means F is complementary to the formation of the rail element D, so that the rail element exactly fits within the same, the flanges l5 being received by the angular flanges 12, and being bolted thereto through eyes 16 in the flanges 15C and through eyes 17 in the flanges 12.

The wheel elements E which cooperates with the rail elements D are shown, as having the usual circular tread portions 19 which engage with the inner faces of the rail portions 15% rlhe wheels are of increasing thickness inwardly from the treads, as at 18, for a pre-determined distance, such formation merging into plane central. portions of wheel centers 20.

Referring to Fig. 1, the supporting means F are shown as applied by the body plates 8 to the webs of the standard traction rails B shown therein. It will be understood that a continuous series of such rail elements D are applied to both ofthe continuous series of traction rails B, whereby such rail elements project inwardly from the web of the traction rails in opposition for the receptionV of the wheel elements D; the latter being shown in Fig. 1 as applied thereto in couples, one for each series of rail elements D, each of such couples being conveniently connected and held in proper relation to each other and to the rail elements D by a truck K of any preferred and suitable form. The supports C are shown as consisting of I beams or the like, installed within the roadbed, directly beneath the traction rails ing means F, together with `the attached rail elements D. The rail elements thus supported by the auxiliary support H will face downwardly or at right angles with the facing directions of the element or elements carried by the auxiliary supports C. @ther wheel elements E may be applied to the rail elements D supported by the supports C and auxiliary supports H, the axis of these wheel elements being in rectangular relation.

Brace'plates Gr may be applied to the traction rails B so as to overlap the base flanges of such rails, such brace plates being bolted to the ties 21 and extending in continuous series, one such series laterally and outwardly of each traction rail B. These brace plates G add stability to the traction rails and continue to counteract strains imposed aipon the traction rails in the use of the invention.

rihe operation, method of use and advantages of my improvements in railways will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawinO' and following statement. i

The truck K may be directly connected with and carried by the truck of the car or other rolling` stock the traction wheels of which are applied to the traction rails B in the usual manner. The wheel elements E whica cooperate with the rail elements D applied to the supports C and auxiliary supports H, may be connected up with the rolling stock in any preferred and suitable manner. The roadbed proper A is, of course, chambered out suitably to accommodate the installation of such latter rail elements and to accommodate the wheel elements E which cooperate with the same, as well as the means of connection between such latter wheel elements and the rolling stock. The rolling stock is not shown in the drawing, as the invention does notI content plate any change or alteration in such rolling stock per se but only inserts additional features applicable to and cooperating with the rolling stock for the purpose of stabilizing the same and preventing displacement of the same from the rails.

lThe circular treads 19 of the wheel elements engage with the inner faces of the plane portions 15a of the rail elements, so as to limit motion in the direction opposed by such Contact. With respect to the wheel elements carried by the truck K, this opposition is to lateral or horizontal play. lVith respectto the wheel elements cooperating with the rail elements carried by the auxiliary support H, this opposition is to verti cal play; and with respect to the wheel elements cooperating with the rail elements carried by the support C this opposition is to lateral play. The flaring wheel bodies between the treads and wheel centers 20 have inclined surfaces which cooperate with the divergent plane faces of the rail element portions 15". This engagement is not a binding engagement but loose enough in nature so that the wheels may turn without serious frictional retardation. This engagement opposes play of the wheel and of the rollingI stock connected therewith in a direction at right angles to the play which is opposed by the contact of the tread of the wheel with the portion l5 of the 'ail element.

It will be understood that under many :ircumstances and working conditions it will not be necessary to utilize the several series of rail elements D applied to the roadbed as shown in Fig. 1. Under ordinary circumstances the o'tlice of the rail elements in connection with the webs of the traction rails B together with the cooperating Wheels E, will be sufficient to satisfactorily stabilize the rolling stock and prevent the wheels thereof from leaving the traction rails. 'lhe addition of the other series of rail elements D in connection with the supports C and auxiliary supports H, one or both, may be found advisable and advantageous under certain conditions. And, furthermore, this arrangement may, if preferred, be substituted for the arrangement and provision of the rail elements D applied to the traction rails B, or any one of the three methods of installation of the traction rails may be employed independently of the other two.

The wheel elements E do not constitute load-carrying Wheelsi although it is manifest that they would still serve the purpose of the invention should a part of the rolling stock load be imposed upon them. Their chief function is to cooperate with the rail elements D, in accordance with the arrangement and provision of parts and installations best adapted to the conditions of service to be considered, for the purpose of stabilizing the rolling stock and prevent displacement of the wheels thereof from the t-raction rails B to which a major portion of the load is applied.

The angular formation of the flanges l2 of the supporting means F serves to retain the rail elements D positively in proper seated position in the recesses or cavities l1, overcoming any tendency of the rail elements to creep or become displaced or move relatively to the lsupporting means. This effect of course is enhanced by thepositive bolting of the rail elements to the supporting means; and likewise, all of the several ail elements, supporting means, supports, auxiliary supports and traction rails and brace plates are, as shown, positively bolted together in rigid relation in accordance with standard practice.

The beveled formation at 15d of the angular bodies 15 -of the rail elements D pro duces a greater divergence bet-Ween these faces than between the inner faces of the portions 15b of the rail element bodies, and thus facilitates the entrance of the wheel elements E to their working positions in connection with the rails.

I do not desire that my invention be so construed as to limit it to the particular details of formation and construction herein set forth and shown in the drawing, such aspects of the invention being subject to wide variations within the true spirit of the invention.

l'lfaving thus described my invention, l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A railway roadbed provided with the usual traction rails and with two series of rail elen'ients in addition thereto, and wheel elements for application to rolling stock and adapted to colierate with said series of rail elements to prevent displacement of the wheels of the rolling stock from the traction rails: said rail elements comprising angular bodies having wheel-tread-receiving plane portions and divergent plane portions projecting therefrom and adapted to embrace the wheels.

2. A railway roadbed provided with the usual traction rails and with two series of rail elements in addition thereto, and wheel elements for application to rolling stock and adapted to coperate with said series of rail elements to prevent displacement of the wheels of the rolling stock from the traction rails; said rail elements comprising angular bodies having wheel-trend-receiving plane portions and divergent plane portions projeeting therefrom and adapted to embrace the wheels; and supporting means for the rail elements comprising each a body plate and a recessed web projecting therefrom and receiving the angular rail element body.

53. A railway roadbcd provided with the usual traction rails and with two series of rail elements in addition thereto, and wheel elements for appli VIation to rolling stock and adapted to eoperate with said series of rail elements to prevent displacement of the wheels of the rolling stock from the traction rails; said rail elements comprising angular bodies having wheel-tread-receiving plane portions and divergent plane portions projecting therefrom and adapted to embrace the wheels; and supporting means for ,the rail elements comprising cach a body L stock traversing the traction rails to hold the Wheels of the rolling stock to the traction rails.

A railway i'oadbed provided with the usual traction rails, rail elements applied to L the traction rails in opposed relation and between the traction rails, and other rail elements applied to the roadbed independwww@ ently of the traction rails; each of said rail elements being formed for engagement by a Wheel element for application to rolling l5 Stoel; traversing ythe traction rails to hold the Wheels of the rolling stock to the traction rails; each of said rail elements being formed to opposed play of the said Wheel elements in two directions.

CLIFTON ALVADO FARON. VVit-nesses:

ADOLPHUS W. GREENE, WILLIAM G. VAUGHAN.

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